Making TapcoSlate® easy to install

By Emma Peterson. 

From finding the pitch to designing the hip cap, Tapco® Roofing Products has made fixing guides to help make your installation a success. 

Tapco Roofing Products knows that the success of their products is reliant upon roofers being able to install them easily and efficiently in the field. In order to extend support for professionals in the roofing trade, the Tapco team has put together a set of animated guides for installing TapcoSlate on various projects! These guides cover:  

1. The features and benefits of installing TapcoSlate® on projects. 
2. Tips for finding the pitch of your roof so that you know exactly how many slates you need per square metre.  
3. Laying out a warm roof structure with TapcoSlate Classic as the roof covering. 
4. Laying out a cold roof structure with TapcoSlate Classic as the roof covering. 
5. Building proper ventilation into a TapcoSlate roof. 
6. How to use the TapcoSlate exposure gauge. 
7. Advice for “laying out eaves or courses on a fully boarded and felt & batten roof using TapcoSlate.” 
8. Organising batten spacing (including using a double-batten for the eaves/starter course and gutter overhang) for TapcoSlate. 
9. Tips for fixing TapcoSlate and TapcoSlate Ridge & Hip Caps with two nail or screw fasteners. 
10. How to fit Tapco Dry Verge and Dry Verge Jointing Clips to a roof. 
11. How to fit TapcoSlate Ridge and Hip Caps to a roof. 
12. Finishing a ridge using “your own cut TapcoSlate Ridge & Hip Caps and Slate.” 
13. Guidelines for using the TapcoSlate Ridge-to-Hip Junction accessory and the Ridge 90º End Caps accessory. 
14. Advice for forming a “5-way, or Victorian, Conservatory ridge-to-hip junction out of standard TapcoSlate Ridge & Hip Caps.” 

You can watch these guides on the Tapco YouTube channel or download their PDF Fixing Guide for an even more comprehensive overview of best installation practices! And if you still have questions after reviewing all that, reach out to Tapco Roofing Products for help! They’ll get you in contact with a service representative who can help you answer specific questions.